Ventilated cap



Dec. 1924. 1,520,717- KAPLAN VENTILATED an Filed March 28. 1924 anomtozSide? Kaplan i Patented Dec. 30, 1924.

UNITED STATES ISIDO'B, KAPLAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' I VENTILATEI CAP.

Application filed March 28. 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ismon KArLAN, a citi Zen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements inVentilated Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to caps and particularly to the ventilating meanstherefor.

It is well known that the air enclosed in the interior of a cap becomesheated when the cap is worn due to the natural heat of the body and thatunder certain conditions, such as in warm weather or in a warm place theheated air causes the wearer to perspire at the forehead and to becomeuncomfortable.

My invention contemplates the provision of means communicating with theouter air for ventilating the inside of a cap and for allowingsufficient circulation of air therethrough at all times to keep the headof the wearer cool and to prevent undue perspiration, and consequentdiscomfort.

1 illustrate the preferred eml'iodiment of my invention in the drawingsaccompanying this specification, in which,

Fig. 1 is a side view of my improved cap.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, showing the parts unfastenedto illustrate improved ventilating more clearly my means.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of my improved cap and Fig. 1 is aperspective view, greatly enlarged, of one of the eyelets forming a partof the ventilating means.

In that form of my invention illustrated herein, said ventilating meanscomprises a series of eyelets 10 having openings 11 therein ofconsiderable size, through which air may pass freely between theinterior and the exterior of the cap, a suflicient number of saideyelets 10 being provided to accomplish the purpose for which thisinvention is designed. Said eyelets are preferably positioned near thefront part of the cap, rearwardly of the tip 12 thereof, so that saideyelets are hidden and unseen when the cap is worn. (Fig. 1.) In orderthat said eyelets become still less noticeable, I prefer to make them.of substantially the same color as the material of which the cap ismade.

The row of eyelets 10 is arranged in spaced. relation to the juncture13. of the Serial No. 702,515.

peak 14 and of the front spacing member 15 of said cap, for the reasonswhich will appear hereinafter.

I prefer to insert said eyelets in a cap in which front spacing membersas 15 independent of, and seamed to the remainder of the tip 12, areprovided. Said members 15 are seamed to the peak 14: in the usual manner by means of the stitching 21, while the upper edge thereof is joinedto the lower edge of the tip 12 by means of the seam 18. The inside ofsaid seam 18 is preferably taped in the usual manner with the tape 19seamed to the member 12 and. the member 15 by the stitches 22 and 23respectively. By folding over the edges of said members at the junctureof the members 12 and 15 in the usual manner, it will be noted thatthree thicknesses of material are provided through. which at least halfof each of the eyelets 10 may be fastened without severing the stitching21. (Fig. 1.) I prefer to so position the eyelets 10 that the uppermostpart thereof is very close to the seam 18 for the reason that the prongs20 of said eyelet may be caused to bite deeply into the material and theeyelets firmly secured in place, due to the fact that a. sutiicientthickness of material is provided to give a firm grip on the cap. Itwill be understood that in that form of cap wherein an eyelet is securedto only one thickness of material. in the front of the cap, there isconsiderable danger that the material gripped between the prongs 20 andthe head of said eyelet 10 may work loose from said eyelet undertension, and the eyelet may finally drop out. This difiiculty isprevented by securing the eyelet in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4,wherein there are at least three thicknesses of material. gripped andcompressed between the head and the prongs of said eyelet, so that tension on the cloth of the cap is not transmit ted to the tape, wherebythe eyelet is main tained in place by said tape.

A further advantage attained by positioning the eyelets near the seam 18is that wrinkling of the material, of the cap or of the lining whichn'ia'y be used to replace the tape, at the point where said eyelets aresecured, and between sa'l eyelets. is thereby prevented. positioning theeyelet just below the seam 18, said seam remains strong and unsevered,while the major portion of the eyelet is caused to grip more than. onethickness of material and the tape,

tween the point 24 of the tip 12, where said tip is secured to the peak.14: as by means of the snap fastener and said member 15. It will. alsobe noted that said member 15 tends to bend to form fold when the tip 12is fastened in place by said snap fastener 25, along a line just belowthe eyelets 10, due to the weight of the material at the seam 18 so thatsaid eyelets assume preferably a siibsta'ntially horizontal position,and,

' outside.

It will also be understood that various changes from the embodimentillustrated may be made without departing from the spirit of thisinvention, such as in the position of the eyelets 10, the shape of themember 15, and in the manner of joining the parts together.

I claim:

1. In a cap, a peak, a tip, a front flexible spacing member interposedbetween said peak and said tip, for maintaining said tip and said peakin spaced relation near the juncture. of said member and said tip,whereby said spacing member is unobstructedly exposed to the atmosphere,inwardly turned folds at the adjacent edges of said tip and said spacingmember, a seam for joining said edges together, and a series of eyeletsfor ventilating said cap, secured against loss by being passed throughand clamped in the folded material of one of said folds and permanentlymaintained substantially horizon'tal when said cap is worn by thepartial collapse of said spacing member.

2; In a cap, a tip portion, a flexible spacing' member, a seam joiningsaid member to said tip portion, tape on the inner surface of said capat said seam, and eyelets adapted to allow air to pass therethrough,passed through said cap and said tape and gripping the material of saidcap and said tape under compression between the ends of the eyelet,whereby the separation of said cap and tape material from said eyeletsis prevented. j

3. In a cap, an overhanging flexible tip portion, a peak, a flexiblefront member in terposed between said tip portion and said peak, a seamjoining the lower edge of said front member to said peak, a folded seamjoining the upper edge of said front member to said tip portion, andeyelets arranged in the fold of said folded seam for gripping more thansingle thickness of material between the flanges thereof withoutsevering said seam, and for causing said frontmemher to bend below saideyelets.

4. In a cap, an overhanging flexible t-ip portion, an imperforate peak,a flexible front spacing member in'tcrpos'edbetween said tip portion andsaid peak adapted to stand substantially upright throughout the lowerpart thereof, a seam joining the lower edgeofsaid front member to saidpeak, a foldedstitcli'ed seam joining the upper edge of said frontmemberto said tip portion, a length of tape seamed to said front member andsaid tip portion at said upper edge for concealing said folded seam, andforproviding an additional thickness of material at said seam, and a rowof eyelets hidden when said cap is worn, arranged immediately below thestitching of said folded seam in said front member for passing throughthe thicknesses of material in said seam, and through said tape withoutsevering the stitching of said seam. whereby said eyelets are secured inposition, and said front member bends below said eyelets for positioningsaid eyelets with the axes thereof substantially vertical.

5. In a cap, a tip portion, a peak, a flexible spacing member interposedbetwecn'said tip portion and said peak, a fold at the lower edge of saidtip'portion, a'simila'r fold at the upper edge of said spacing member, aseam joining said edges together, a' length of tape seamed to said tipportion, and said front member at said edges and a row of eyeletspassing through said tape and the folded edge of said spacing member.

6. In a cap,'a tip portion, a peak, a-sp'acing member interposed betweensaid tipp'ort-ion' and said peak, and adapted to stand substantiallyupright when said cap is Worn, a fold at the lower edge of said tipportion, a similar fold at the upper edge of said front member, a seamjoining'said edges together, a length of tape seamed tosaidtip portionand said front member at said edges and a row of eyelets hidden whensaid cap is worn, passing through said tape and the folded edge of saidfront member forven'ti lating said cap, said row being substantiallyparallel and in spaced relation to the-inner edge-of said peak.

isinon Karena,

